An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors |
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A dragon's fiery form bely'd the god ; Sublime on radiant spheres he rode . When
he the fair Olympia press'd , And stamp'd an image of himself , a sovereign of the
world . The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity , they shout ...
A dragon's fiery form bely'd the god ; Sublime on radiant spheres he rode . When
he the fair Olympia press'd , And stamp'd an image of himself , a sovereign of the
world . The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity , they shout ...
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A history of language from its barbarous origin to its present perfection , and the
various laborious efforts by which it has advanced , is not the object of this Essay
; but , now that the materials are abundantly supplied , the author trusts that he ...
A history of language from its barbarous origin to its present perfection , and the
various laborious efforts by which it has advanced , is not the object of this Essay
; but , now that the materials are abundantly supplied , the author trusts that he ...
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... in order to give trade a stable course , to define the rights of our merchants ,
and to enable the government to support them , conventional rules of intercourse
, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit , but
temporary ...
... in order to give trade a stable course , to define the rights of our merchants ,
and to enable the government to support them , conventional rules of intercourse
, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit , but
temporary ...
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American discussion ; but let it embrace , nevertheless , every thing that fairly
concerns America ; let it comprehend , not merely her present advantage , but her
permanent interest , her elevated character , as one of the free states of the world
...
American discussion ; but let it embrace , nevertheless , every thing that fairly
concerns America ; let it comprehend , not merely her present advantage , but her
permanent interest , her elevated character , as one of the free states of the world
...
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This declaration , if issued two or three centuries ago , would have preserved the
Coliseum entire ; it can now only protect its remains , and transmit them in their
present state to posterity . We then ascended the Palatine Mount , after having ...
This declaration , if issued two or three centuries ago , would have preserved the
Coliseum entire ; it can now only protect its remains , and transmit them in their
present state to posterity . We then ascended the Palatine Mount , after having ...
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71 ページ - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am. except these bonds.
282 ページ - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
63 ページ - Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
62 ページ - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
113 ページ - ... inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
44 ページ - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
43 ページ - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
131 ページ - If, in the opinion •of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
34 ページ - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus: but use all gently: for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.
274 ページ - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...